Open AccessThe Differential Impact of Reopening States With and Without COVID-19 Face Mask Mandates on County-Level Consumer Spending
Author(s) -
Christopher Dunphy,
Gabrielle F. Miller,
Gregory Sunshine,
Russell McCord,
Mara Howard-Williams,
Krista K. Proia,
James W. Stephens
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
public health reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.202
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1468-2877
pISSN - 0033-3549
DOI - 10.1177/00333549221103816
Subject(s) - mandate , covid-19 , public health , pandemic , state (computer science) , consumer spending , face (sociological concept) , business , environmental health , medicine , economics , political science , disease , law , sociology , recession , infectious disease (medical specialty) , social science , nursing , pathology , algorithm , computer science , keynesian economics
By the end of 2020, 38 states and the District of Columbia had issued requirements that people wear face masks when in public settings to counter SARS-CoV-2 transmission. To examine the role face mask mandates played in economic recovery, we analyzed the interactive effect of having a state face mask mandate in place on county-level consumer spending after state reopening, adjusting for county rates of new COVID-19 cases and deaths, time trends, and county-specific effects.